The 43 asylum seekers taken earlier this week by an Italian Navy ship to Albania as part of the government's new fast-track ...

Italy's attempt to house migrants in non-EU member state Albania while Rome processes their asylum applications has already ...

The southern Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa is once again flooded with refugees: since Friday alone, around 1,200 ...

An Italian navy ship arrived Tuesday in Albania with 49 migrants who were intercepted in international waters. Their asylum ...

The body of a 3-year-old was plucked from the sea during the rescue on Sunday, while a 2-year-old died on board the rescue ...

A German rescue group says two toddlers died when a smugglers' boat sank in the central Mediteranean this weekend.

Lampedusa faces new influx of migrants, with increasing calls for help.

Many in Northern Africa aiming to reach Europe travel to Lampedusa, as it requires a shorter journey than reaching the mainland continent. In total, at least 31,184 migrants have either died or ...

New legislation passed in January requires Italian appeals courts to approve the detention of asylum seekers rather than ...

Fifteen migrants were rescued by an NGO in the Mediterranean after a shipwreck, but three were found dead. The rescue ...

Twenty migrants were missing Tuesday off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa in a shipwreck in which seven people, including an eight-year-old Syrian child, were rescued, news media reported.